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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 23/9/2023

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Hardly worth it with the monetary value of my caravan, although I would still be sick as a pig if it went missing! I had another old one go missing back in the early 1990s and they didn't really want to know. All they did was give me a crime number.

As for duty of care, of course they do have one, but they still prioritise crimes against the person far more so than theft of property. They would simply claim lack of manpower, and they would probably be right. Unfortunately, although many might think the police would spring into action when something gets stolen, in reality that is rarely the case these days. They are just far too busy. Theft of personal property is very much a case of "when we get round to it", duty of care or not. And that comes straight from the horse's mouth.

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Quote: Originally posted by iank01 on 24/9/2023

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 23/9/2023

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Hardly worth it with the monetary value of my caravan, although I would still be sick as a pig if it went missing! I had another old one go missing back in the early 1990s and they didn't really want to know. All they did was give me a crime number.

As for duty of care, of course they do have one, but they still prioritise crimes against the person far more so than theft of property. They would simply claim lack of manpower, and they would probably be right. Unfortunately, although many might think the police would spring into action when something gets stolen, in reality that is rarely the case these days. They are just far too busy. Theft of personal property is very much a case of "when we get round to it", duty of care or not. And that comes straight from the horse's mouth.

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No wonder the horse had to retire? I am also an ex-copper so have a vague idea of the restraints faced by the police force. If a major organisation notifies them of a theft, they do need to attend.

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 25/9/2023

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I'm sure they will if they have the available manpower at the time, but property theft is still way down the list of priorities. In the last 40 years I have had one Sprite Musketeer caravan stolen from where we were living at the time, and a Mazda Bongo stolen from where we live now, and on neither occasion did the police show much interest. Nobody even came to visit me on either occasion. I was just given a crime number and told to contact my insurers. My police friends told me that is quite normal these days as they just don't have the manpower. They will always prioritise crimes against the person over theft of property. Someone having been stabbed vs someone's caravan getting nicked? No contest.

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Quote: Originally posted by iank01 on 26/9/2023

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 25/9/2023

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I'm sure they will if they have the available manpower at the time, but property theft is still way down the list of priorities. In the last 40 years I have had one Sprite Musketeer caravan stolen from where we were living at the time, and a Mazda Bongo stolen from where we live now, and on neither occasion did the police show much interest. Nobody even came to visit me on either occasion. I was just given a crime number and told to contact my insurers. My police friends told me that is quite normal these days as they just don't have the manpower. They will always prioritise crimes against the person over theft of property. Someone having been stabbed vs someone's caravan getting nicked? No contest.

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Did either of your stolen units have a tracker fitted?

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